“Real Long Distance“/Josh Ritter
What is the lag between proposal of new theories in a field and their widespread adoption (if they are adopted at all)? Is there a consistent model by field for this lag, or for adoption? What would be the important factors to examine in a cross-field metanalysis of new theory adoption?
Jacob Kramer-Duffield thinks 
Read “The structure of scientific revolutions” Thomas Kuhn for an elaborate discussion of this.